WEBVTT - Welcome To The Mason Cox Show 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:05.960 Hell. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:09.119 Everyone, Welcome to the Mason Cox Show. Yes, this is 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:11.879 the podcast with your host Mason Cox. Now I've got 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:13.640 our producer in front of me, of Braden Cox. 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:14.120 Welcome. 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:16.800 It is so good to finally start this passion project 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:18.079 we've been talking about for years. 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:18.520 So good. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:20.840 I've been bugging you to do this for I reckon 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:23.319 three years and we've known each other. We're talking about 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:25.800 it just before. We've known each other for like seven 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.440 eight years. That blows my mind because in my head, 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:30.120 I'm still like twenty five. 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:32.400 Yeah, we're still twenty five, twenty you know, we're still 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:35.560 really living the young, youthful life. We did meet seven 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:38.720 years ago, Collingwood. You were in the media team and 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.520 I got somewhat vibe together. We've got the same last name. 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:43.479 Now it's still a little bit differently. You've probably had 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:45.320 a bit more of a rough upbringing. I'd say, with 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:46.720 the spelling of your last name. 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:48.839 Than yours an absolute cop out. You've got the g 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:52.599 rated version. My dad says that ours is spelled correctly. 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:55.800 It's legit. If you're going to have it, you may 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:56.680 as well do it right. 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:57.760 It's rough man. 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.000 I can imagine you would have been buoyed as a kid, 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:01.600 just as I was with the last name like that 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:02.880 going through the teenage years. 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.560 Yeah, I was fat and I had buck teeth and 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:08.399 long curly hair, so I had way more to worry 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:09.520 about than my last name. 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.039 But I don't know about you. I embraced it towards 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:12.360 the end. 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.560 Like every time a teacher we'd have like a substitute 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:18.880 teacher or something, I'd always yell out across the class. 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:20.559 It's felt like a bag of dicks. 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:24.120 You would say that, yeah, But like I don't think 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:26.120 they cared because it would break the ice for them 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:29.199 because they would always say Braden and then just like pause. 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:31.440 So if you make a joke about. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.080 It, it's not going to change. It just becomes part 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:33.679 of your last. 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.080 Time you get any in particular, I always got what 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:36.959 is your middle name? 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:37.440 Sucks? 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:38.919 Yeah? Mine was like Harry. 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.000 You should name your kid Harry or tiny or something 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:44.280 like that. That was that was That was a bit of 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:46.560 like I said, the teenage years, where everyone just kind 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:47.960 of gave you crap for your last name. Because we're 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.720 also immature. You couldn't really get away from it. But 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.040 like you said, you kind of you grow to love it. 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:55.800 It's part of you. It's something you can't change. It's 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.680 like being seven feet tall and just rolling around in 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.560 a van you don't fit in. But this is the 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.400 Mason Cox Show and it's rolling out of the rolling. 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:04.520 Bus slash van. 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.400 It's an amazing project that you've been able to make yourself. 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:09.440 You've got it out this whole sprinter van. You've made 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:13.000 it into a podcast studio and let's say, now everyone 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:14.639 can't really see the full extent of this, but it's 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:16.880 a pretty amazing setup. You've done a lot of work 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:18.400 on this thing for the last few years. If it's 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.840 a bit of a COVID project, you would say, tell 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:22.799 us a little bit about exactly what you've been able 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:23.359 to create here. 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:24.480 Yeah, well, thank you. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.480 It did take a lot of time and a scary 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.480 amount of money going into like COVID times, because I 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.560 don't know, I kind of just I had the concept 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.000 because yeah, so I did the Jock and Joanno podcast 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:41.720 with Pendles. You might have heard of him plays footy. 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.640 Yeah, but yeah, so I did. 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:45.880 That and it was just a real pain in the 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:51.280 ass to get players and like people together, especially if 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.359 you started to think about like a set in stone 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.000 studio at a certain address and trying to get them 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.040 to go to that. So like the idea was born 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:02.639 revolving around athletes going to them, and then I kind 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.640 of just parked it for a bit, pun intended, and 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:10.880 then New Year's like twenty nineteen, I took out like 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.960 all my money and bought this van and everything to 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:16.880 build it out, and then yeah, started building it, and 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.560 then what three months later, the world went to shar 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:23.320 So I had no job, no money and just a 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:27.360 van and like all this stuff. But yeah, launched at 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.240 the start of twenty twenty one, which is also just 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.560 a real dumpster fire of a year. Yeah, twenty twenty 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.320 two started and I was lucky enough to get a 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:39.960 couple of like regular clients on board, and yeah, it's 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.520 kind of taken off from there. I've only really had 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.120 famous people in the in the van, so well. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.480 You've really taken a step down with me. But it 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.480 is a cool concept, you know. I guess like your 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:53.240 entrepreneurial spirit of going into a pandemic and then saying 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.520 stuff it, I'm going to become my own employer, which 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:57.720 is kind of crazy within itself, and I'm sure, like 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.760 you said, quite daunting at times, but you've been able 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:02.800 to create this thing, which is very much I think 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:04.800 in the beginning stages there's going to be some amazing 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.480 things I think going forward with you with starting your 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.440 own kind of company and production company and everything else. 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.240 And this is like an amazing kind of story I 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:14.080 think of, like, oh yeah, just like bottom Van had 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.039 this great idea of having like a mobile podcast studio, 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:19.159 and I'm just winging it while I'm just making it, 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.600 making it my own, making it how unique it is 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.080 is like kind of selling it as this kind of 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.200 unique project different from anything else you could possibly imagine. 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:27.800 And it's cool because you can just rock up anywhere 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:29.480 in someone's house. See outside the front of there is 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.080 smash out a podcast, you go home. They have minimal 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.000 effort and it's like on you, it is. I'm sure 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.359 it can be caught nervous to be able to have 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:39.080 to have everything kind of fall back on you as 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.080 a as a person that runs their own company. But 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:43.560 it's a cool idea, man, I love it. I've always 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.679 been interested in what you're doing. You've always done unique 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.919 stuff from the different gifts and stuff you've done on 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.600 social media, role in sports, check them out they're hilarious 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:52.920 the stuff that I do with it. He s does 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:56.000 all kinds of different clips from AFL to just things 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.320 around the world, and you're hilarious and you don't get 0:04:58.400 --> 0:04:59.920 enough credit. You're kind of the guy behind the scenes. 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:01.719 It sucks because I know you're such a funny guy 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.520 and you're such a like charismatic person. It's good to 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.800 have your face on camera. I know it doesn't happen 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.240 very often Braden, but he's a good looking rooster. 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.120 Yeah. I was saying pre podcast that I was very, very, 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.800 very very attractive. There was a lot of varies in there, 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:17.840 but I appreciate it, and yeah, I hope it is 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:20.960 a good story. I kind of it was weird because 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.080 I've been in footy and media for like ten years 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.400 and I don't know, I don't know if it just 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:27.839 comes with age, but you get to a point I 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.440 was just like bored of doing the same thing over 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:34.640 and over. And I've always been a really like career 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.239 driven person and I've always wanted like and I've always 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:40.680 had that creative side, so like I've always wanted to 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:42.640 do this, and then it I don't know, I think 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.080 a lot of people had the exact same thing through COVID, 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.240 where it was like you see a lot of people 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:51.000 going the opposite direction to what everyone expected. Everyone thought 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.040 that everyone would like try to hold onto their jobs 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:55.640 and security and all of that. 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:56.880 But it's really gone the other way. 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.839 I feel like everyone's gone, like like life is short 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.360 while am I wasting it in this shithole job that 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.560 I'm working And no offense to all of the employers 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:10.440 that employed me over the time, but yeah, it's like 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:11.320 what do I love? 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:12.800 Like what do I enjoy? 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:16.919 And everyone seems to be doing that, And that's oddly enough. 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.440 Sitting in the back of a v for me and 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.440 creating content and having a laugh. Yeah, that's what and 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.839 roland Sport you mentioned. It is just humor based content 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.560 and like, I'm big on that, the lighter side of everything, 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.599 like its foot is so fucking serious for oh my gosh, 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.120 you know what it is. I think if everyone can 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:38.200 just have a laugh and relax and just simmer down 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:39.840 a bit, it's it's only good. 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:42.000 That's what we're all about here, is all having a laugh, 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.080 trying to learn new things. And the whole reason I 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.320 think of creating this podcast is to tell some amazing 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.480 stories like I've been fortunate enough in this grand scheme 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.440 of life that I've been given this opportunity to come 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.360 to a place that I knew nothing about and play 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.520 sport I knew nothing about and being able to meet 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.440 some amazing people on the ways, and I've got a 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.280 bit of a different outlook on life because I didn't 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:01.760 grow up here. I don't really know a ton about 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.000 Australian culture at times, and some things can be a 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.560 bit of a culture shock. But there's some amazing people 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.440 I've met out there that have some amazing stories that 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.120 I think a lot of people can learn from, and 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.040 that's we're all about, I think telling those stories of 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.120 those different kind of people, getting a bit of not 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:15.600 only that, but also we're going to have a bit 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.960 of a podcast within this of talking about the current 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.080 topics and everything going on in the world and are 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.200 kind of different thoughts and aspects on what's going on, 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.480 and just to give a different light on things. I 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.120 feel like maybe media sometimes can be just a bit 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.480 of a straight line and it's no offense people, but 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.640 I just think there's a lot of different ways you 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.920 can take this and it's not a one size fits 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:35.920 all kind of thing. So that's we're all about on 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.480 this podcast. It's gonna be a great experience, man. Like 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.520 you said, through COVID, a lot of people wanted to 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.280 change out and see what they're passionate about in life, 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.640 figure out what they really have an energy to put into. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:46.800 And I love the fact that you've created this fan, 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.640 we've created this podcast, and we're really chasing those things 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:50.720 that we're really passionate about. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.360 So we're really excited. Man. 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.760 I'm very excited. I know you are, and we're really 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.760 pumped together to get this thing off off the ground 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.560 and get it started. So follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:05.960 Facebook and YouTube the top five so like, subscribe, heart, comment, 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:06.720 all that kind of stuff. 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:08.720 It follow us around, you know, we're all in sports. 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.920 Awesome what you're doing there, and there's so many other 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.000 different podcasts's doing doing through the back of the span 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.240 and yeah, it's exciting times to had man. The future 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:16.120 is going to be brought. 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.400 So good to get going finally for sure. 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.120 Man, it's going to be hopefully a long long project. 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.680 We're going to do and have some amazing experiences and 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:25.960 be able to share some cool, cool life stories along 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:26.200 the way. 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:27.720 Let's do this thing. This is gonna be a blast. 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:29.280 I have so much fun, man, let's do it.